Effects of low-level formaldehyde exposure on synaptic plasticity-related gene expression in the hippocampus of immunized mice

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 104-111

  Ahmed, Sohel ^a   Tsukahara, Shinji ^a   Tin Tin Win Shwe, ^a   Yamamoto, Shoji ^a   Kunugita, Naoki ^b   Arashidani, Keiichi ^b   Fujimaki, Hidekazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

CREB; Formaldehyde; Hippocampus; Immunization; Mouse; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; FORMALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; OVALBUMIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DELTA FOSB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOSB; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OVALBUMIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPSES; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 34249029675     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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